Relationship Therapy for Designers & Developers

Hey designers, does your engineer fail to recognize how hard you work pushing pixels? Developers, is your designer making unreasonable demands that your tech stack can’t fulfill? Great news! You can stop ignoring those Figma comments, glaring at each other in meetings, or adding passive-aggressive commit messages. You're not alone! Join this session to hear stories and learn key steps to fix your product partner relationships.

Level up your web game: Chrome Dev Tools cheat codes

Did you know Chrome has a level 99 bug slayer in its inventory? Usage gives a +50 buff against hidden accessibility issues & code gremlins. Plus it protects against poor performance and illuminates reactivity magic. I'll show you how to unlock Dev Tool's magic potions with a side nerdiness.

I'll show you how to unlock the power of Dev Tools features, how to apply them to improve your web project, and best practices around performance & testing. Along the way, we'll nerd out about video games whenever possible.

This is an entry-to-intermediate-level technical talk lasting roughly 45 minutes. Participants should be able to follow along on their own devices so the space will need available wifi.

Guard Rails: What learning to spell taught me about the role of AI

As of 2020 nearly 80% of digital tools incorporated some level of AI or Machine Learning. The advent of generative AI has exponentially increased the opportunities, but also the pitfalls of building with AI. I'll share stories from my own life working to build AI into healthcare and provide real-world examples of algorithms enhancing humanity as a counterpoint to science fiction's HAL or Terminator.

By the end of this session, you'll see points of friction all around you that could be solved with AI and be inspired to create useful tools that make your users better humans.